Misplaced Trust
by Weylan Deaver
In what do you trust? Many people and things vie for our confidence, and the Bible is replete with warnings about putting trust in the wrong place. There are specific things on which we are not to rely.
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If only they had known…
by Weylan Deaver
Have you ever regretted a course of action because you later learned something you had not known earlier? At times serious mistakes are made which would have been averted had the truth surfaced (or been accepted) in time. Perhaps the ultimate case of this is described by Paul when he says that, had [...]
A Time for Non-Conformity
by Weylan Deaver
On one occasion, the Lord remarked, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret [...]
When should we keep the Lord’s Supper?
by Weylan Deaver
Recalling Jesus’ words to his disciples on the eve of betrayal, Paul wrote,
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which [...]
Counterfeit Christianity
by Weylan Deaver
What can counterfeiting do to a currency? According to the U.S. Secret Service, “During the American Revolution, the British counterfeited U.S. currency in such large amounts that the Continental currency soon became worthless. ‘Not worth a Continental’ became a popular expression that is still heard today. During the Civil War, one-third to [...]
Have you turned the spigot on?
by Weylan Deaver
Paul the Apostle wrote about prayer in 1 Timothy 2:1-4, saying, “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. [...]
The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery
by Weylan Deaver
A presbytery is a court, or body, of church leaders who make and enforce decisions on member congregations. The Washington Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church covered southwest Ohio and the northeast part of Kentucky as the nineteenth century began. Staunchly Calvinistic, the Presbyterian Church grew alarmed by the preaching of Barton Warren Stone [...]
Preachers and scholars
by Weylan Deaver
The apostle Paul was no intellectual slouch. His education at the feet of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3) would equal or surpass a degree from any of America’s “Ivy League†schools. In fact, at one point during his defense before Festus, the agitated governor said loudly, “Paul, you are out of your mind; your great [...]
Underground, but heaven bound
by Weylan Deaver
John Foxe (1517-1587) was an Englishman who compiled a book about Christians who suffered for their faith. The title is still available as Foxe’s Christian Martyrs Of The World. One chapter deals with the saints persecuted under the notoriously wicked emperor, Nero, which commenced in Rome about three decades after the church of [...]
2,630 and counting…
by Weylan Deaver
Jesus affirmed the devil is the father of lies (Jn. 8:44). Two of the biggest lies Satan has ever foisted onto a gullible world, and which have had the most deleterious effect on mankind are these: (1) Darwinian evolution, and (2) denominationalism. Through the first lie, the devil has succeeded in destroying or [...]
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